BIB_ID
373247
Accession number
MA 5142.101
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
"Monday" [1948 July 12].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Miss Julian Orde / 22 Muswell Hill / London. N. X."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
With postmark and stamp; date is based on the postmark, which is from 1948 July 13, a Tuesday.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
With postmark and stamp; date is based on the postmark, which is from 1948 July 13, a Tuesday.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Telling her that she gave Orde's "typed copy of 'The Changing Wind'" to [James] Laughlin for inclusion in an anthology that has already gone to press; noting that this means "a real beginning of a career" for Orde; informing her that Laughlin is the publisher of New Directions; writing, "You are the real thing -- there is no doubt of that."
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